Adderley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Adderly
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Proper noun
Adderley (countable and uncountable, plural Adderleys)
- A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ661397).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Adderley is the 23500th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1081 individuals. Adderley is most common among Black/African American (74.19%) and White (18.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Adderley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
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